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Note: The cover photo is of the part that's repaired, not of the print! I didn't photograph the print, as I thought I'd have to iterate at least once more on the design. When I had installed it, and everything worked, I didn't want to remove the part again. I recently bought a 2007 Honda Civic and just after buying it, I realised that the power (electric) mirror adjustment on the driver side didn't work in the horizontal plane. The mirror would just wiggle in place when I activated it. I opened up the mirror: (Manually in my case) move the mirror in the horizontal plane until you can grab the edge of the actual mirror. Grab the bottom and gently, but firmly, pull it towards the rear of the car. Slowly increase force, until the bottom clicks loose. Pull down to release the upper attachment points of the mirror, until it clicks loose. Pay attention, the mirror has two heating wires running to it. Don't suddenly pull it away, you might break those wires. I laid the mirror on the beam between the mirror housing and the car. Remove the two metal coloured screws, one is in the centre and is spring loaded. Take care that it doesn't fly off when you unscrew it. The other is slightly lower and to the side nested in a fairly deep hole. Pull off the mirror mount, it'll make a rasping sound as you pull the threads past the spring loaded pins that grip into it. Unscrew the three smaller headed screws that hold the central electric adjustment assembly and open it up. You may have to remove the rubber cover over the gears. I experienced that sometimes it stuck to the cover, sometimes it stuck to the inner part. Now you can see the gears. Take care that you don't lose the small metal ring that tensions the plastic pins inward. In my case one of the five pins on the gear used for the horizontal plane adjustment, had been bent and broke off approximately half way. This meant that the teeth on the other pins were not tensioned properly against the thread of the rod, and when they rota